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Jack Parrott is the grand marshal of his own surprise birthday parade on Friday, April 24, 2020, when friends and neighbors lined the street in the Village Green neighborhood in Farragut, Tenn., to wish him a happy birthday. The surprise drive-by birthday celebration was organized by Jack’s parents, Andrew and Carrie Parrott. “I am the most blessed boy!” Jack said after the parade. Saul Young/News Sentinel

Rick Metzelder put a wig and romper to entertain and celebrate Jack Parrott's surprise drive-by birthday party in the Village Green neighborhood on Friday, April 24, 2020. Metzelder says he often wears a suit for his work and enjoys these opportunities to be in costume. Asked where he acquired the outfit, Metzelder responded, "the internet." Saul Young/News Sentinel

Jan Darnell, coordinator and manager of the the Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry, prepare the pantry for recipients on Monday, April 20, 2020. The pantry is open twice a month on the first and third Monday beginning at 3pm, but many recipients arrived as early as 1pm. "We're anticipating about 150 families today," said Darnell. "We usually average 75 families (prior to the coronavirus)." The outreach ministry consists of Faith Lutheran Church, Concord United Methodist Church, Farragut Presbyterian Church and First Baptist Church of Concord. Saul Young/News Sentinel

Debbie Pinchok, a member of Faith Lutheran Church and volunteer at the Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry, prepares packages of frozen foods for distribution on Monday, April 20, 2020. Saul Young/News Sentinel

Bob Brantley of Concord United Methodist Church volunteering at the the Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry on Monday, April 20, 2020. In the past, recipients were welcomed inside the pantry to pick out goods, but because of the coronavirus, volunteers like Brantley deliver and load the goods to vehicles waiting curbside. Saul Young/News Sentinel

Tom Koch of Farragut Presbyterian Church, uses his hands to indicate a smile while wearing a face mask while volunteering at the Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry on Monday, April 20, 2020. Saul Young/News Sentinel

Volunteers package groceries for distribution at the Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry on Monday, April 20, 2020. According to the pantry coordinator and manager Jan Darnell, purchasing limits at grocery stores have made it more difficult to stock the shelves. Along with food, the pantry also distributes toiletries. Saul Young/News Sentinel

Volunteers at the Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry on Monday, April 20, 2020. The pantry operates every 1st and 3rd Monday at Faith Lutheran Church community in collaboration with Concord United Methodist Church and Farragut Presbyterian Church. Saul Young/News Sentinel

O'Charley's Regional Operations Manager David Cox and Service Manager Ryan Ontko pose with a delivery bag at the Knox County Fire Dept. Inskip-Norwood Fire Station 14 in Knoxville, Tenn., on Thursday, April 23, 2020. O'Charley's Bar and Restaurant recently announced their ‘Hometown Heroes’ initiative which provides free meals to those on the frontlines of battling the coronavirus. Caitlyn Jordan/News Sentinel

(Left to right) Master Firefighter John Perry, Senior Firefighter Luke McNutt and Captain Rusty Singleton pose with an O'Charley's delivery bag at the Knox County Fire Dept. Inskip-Norwood Fire Station 14 in Knoxville, Tenn., on Thursday, April 23, 2020. O'Charley's Bar and Restaurant recently announced their ‘Hometown Heroes’ initiative which provides free meals to those on the frontlines of battling the coronavirus. Caitlyn Jordan/News Sentinel

Adeem Bingham, aka Captain Redbeard, sings Don McLean’s “American Pie” during one of Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Singin’ Deliveries on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Crafty Bastard Brewery-West, located inside Echelon Bicycles in Farragut, had to close their taproom in order for the bike store to stay open, and the taproom’s Taryn Ferro and Leslie Berez came up with the idea of delivering beers to customers and having Bingham come along with them and play mini front yard concerts for the customers as the beers are delivered. Customers are given a list of songs to choose from when they put their beer order in. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Jacqueline Marchuk, right, smiles and takes video with her cell phone as Adeem Bingham, aka Captain Redbeard, sings Wilson Phillips’ “Hold On” to her during one of Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Singin’ Deliveries on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Crafty Bastard Brewery-West, located inside Echelon Bicycles in Farragut, had to close their taproom in order for the bike store to stay open, and the taproom’s Taryn Ferro and Leslie Berez came up with the idea of delivering beers to customers and having Bingham come along with them and play mini front yard concerts for the customers as the beers are delivered. Customers are given a list of songs to choose from when they put their beer order in. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Taryn Ferro packs the van with beer orders at Crafty Bastard Brewery in Knoxville before going on Singin’ Deliveries on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Crafty Bastard Brewery-West, located inside Echelon Bicycles in Farragut, had to close their taproom in order for the bike store to stay open. Berez and Ferro came up with the idea of delivering beers to customers and having Bingham come along with them and play mini front yard concerts for the customers as the beers are delivered. Customers are given a list of songs to choose from when they put their beer order in. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Leslie Berez, left, and Taryn Ferro, center, applaud Adeem Bingham, aka Captain Redbeard, after he finishes singing Garth Brooks’ “Friends in Low Places” during one of Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Singin’ Deliveries on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Crafty Bastard Brewery-West, located inside Echelon Bicycles in Farragut, had to close their taproom in order for the bike store to stay open. Berez and Ferro came up with the idea of delivering beers to customers and having Bingham come along with them and play mini front yard concerts for the customers as the beers are delivered. Customers are given a list of songs to choose from when they put their beer order in. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Taryn Ferro, left, and Leslie Berez dance while holding signs with Venmo information as Adeem Bingham, aka Captain Redbeard, sings Wilson Phillips’ “Hold On” during one of Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Singin’ Deliveries on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Crafty Bastard Brewery-West, located inside Echelon Bicycles in Farragut, had to close their taproom in order for the bike store to stay open. Berez and Ferro came up with the idea of delivering beers to customers and having Bingham come along with them and play mini front yard concerts for the customers as the beers are delivered. Customers are given a list of songs to choose from when they put their beer order in. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Taryn Ferro and Leslie Berez arrives in a van to make one of Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Singin’ Deliveries in Farragut on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Crafty Bastard Brewery-West, located inside Echelon Bicycles in Farragut, had to close their taproom in order for the bike store to stay open. Ferro and Berez came up with the idea of delivering beers to customers and having Adeem Bingham, aka Captain Redbeard, come along with them and play mini front yard concerts for the customers as the beers are delivered. Customers are given a list of songs to choose from when they put their beer order in. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Taryn Ferro, right, delivers beer while making Singin’ Deliveries in Farragut on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Crafty Bastard Brewery-West, located inside Echelon Bicycles in Farragut, had to close their taproom in order for the bike store to stay open. Ferro and taproom manager Leslie Berez came up with the idea of delivering beers to customers and having Adeem Bingham, aka Captain Redbeard, come along with them and play mini front yard concerts for the customers as the beers are delivered. Customers are given a list of songs to choose from when they put their beer order in. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Adeem Bingham, aka Captain Redbeard, sings Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” during one of Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Singin’ Deliveries on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Crafty Bastard Brewery-West, located inside Echelon Bicycles in Farragut, had to close their taproom in order for the bike store to stay open, and the taproom’s Taryn Ferro and Leslie Berez came up with the idea of delivering beers to customers and having Bingham come along with them and play mini front yard concerts for the customers as the beers are delivered. Customers are given a list of songs to choose from when they put their beer order in. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Adeem Bingham, aka Captain Redbeard, sings Wilson Phillips’ “Hold On” as Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Taryn Ferro, center, and Leslie Berez, right, hold signs with Venmo information as during one of Crafty Bastard West’s Singin’ Deliveries on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Crafty Bastard Brewery-West, located inside Echelon Bicycles in Farragut, had to close their taproom in order for the bike store to stay open. Berez and Ferro came up with the idea of delivering beers to customers and having Bingham come along with them and play mini front yard concerts for the customers as the beers are delivered. Customers are given a list of songs to choose from when they put their beer order in. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Customers listen with their Crafty Bastard beers in their driveways as Adeem Bingham, aka Captain Redbeard, sings John Denver’s “Country Roads” during one of Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Singin’ Deliveries on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Crafty Bastard Brewery-West, located inside Echelon Bicycles in Farragut, had to close their taproom in order for the bike store to stay open, and the taproom’s Taryn Ferro and Leslie Berez came up with the idea of delivering beers to customers and having Bingham come along with them and play mini front yard concerts for the customers as the beers are delivered. Customers are given a list of songs to choose from when they put their beer order in. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Adeem Bingham, aka Captain Redbeard, sings Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” during one of Crafty Bastard Brewery-West’s Singin’ Deliveries on Thursday, April 16, 2020.
Crafty Bastard Brewery-West, located inside Echelon Bicycles in Farragut, had to close their taproom in order for the bike store to stay open, and the taproom’s Taryn Ferro and Leslie Berez came up with the idea of delivering beers to customers and having Bingham come along with them and play mini front yard concerts for the customers as the beers are delivered. Customers are given a list of songs to choose from when they put their beer order in. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

A newsstand, bottom right, holds a curbside pickup order outside of Union Ave. Books in downtown Knoxville on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. The bookstore is offering curbside pickup as well as shipping. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

A sign hangs in the window of Union Ave. Books in downtown Knoxville offering the various ways customers can still patronize the independent bookstore on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Tommy Goodman, right, holds up an encouraging sign for cars waiting in line as volunteers behind him hand out boxes of food during a drive-thru food box event for laid off downtown service industry workers held at the Embassy Suites hotel on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Friday, April 10, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Rachel Garner, a sophomore at UT, reads a book in her hammock near the Humanities Amphitheater on the UTK campus in Knoxville, Tenn. on Thursday, April 9, 2020. UT has moved all classes online and closed the campus to students due to coronavirus. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Dianne Bean, right, delivers a box of food to a car while Victor Berry holds the car door open during a drive-thru food box event for laid off downtown service industry workers held at the Embassy Suites hotel on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Friday, April 10, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Doug Buchanan, left, of Knoxville, and friend Tim Theiss, right, of Kingston, social distance and chat in their cars after a walk at Melton Lake Park in Oak Ridge, Tenn. on Saturday, April 11, 2020. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Volunteers deliver food to cars during a drive-thru food box event for laid off downtown service industry workers held at the Embassy Suites hotel on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Friday, April 10, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Olivia Hicks smiles and waves to cars waiting in line while holding a sign of encouragement during a drive-thru food box event for laid off downtown service industry workers held at the Embassy Suites hotel on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Friday, April 10, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Volunteers deliver food to cars during a drive-thru food box event for laid off downtown service industry workers held at the Embassy Suites hotel on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Friday, April 10, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Dianne Bean, top center, helps Ayden Patel, left, and Ava Patel, right, hand out Easter candy to cars during a drive-thru food box event for laid off downtown service industry workers held at the Embassy Suites hotel on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Friday, April 10, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Dianne Bean, right, delivers a box of food to a car while Victor Berry holds the car door open during a drive-thru food box event for laid off downtown service industry workers held at the Embassy Suites hotel on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Friday, April 10, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Volunteers deliver boxes of food to cars during a drive-thru food box event for laid off downtown service industry workers held at the Embassy Suites hotel on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Friday, April 10, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Dylan Collins delivers a box of food to a car during a drive-thru food box event for laid off downtown service industry workers held at the Embassy Suites hotel on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Friday, April 10, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Terry Phillips,, right, TDOT operation district technician, and Doug Tarwater, a district engineer, load buckets of hand sanitizer provided by Old Forge Distillery on Thursday, April 9, 2020. The distillery has converted their operation to make hand sanitizer and close to 1000 gallons of hand sanitizer has been provided to the Tennessee Department of Transportation and Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.
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Keener Shanton, head distiller at Old Forge Distillery in Pigeon Forge, pours pure alcohol into a storage container on Thursday, April 9, 2020 that will be used to make hand sanitizer. "Hand Sanitizer production is not much different for us in the whiskey industry," said Shanton. "We were already making alcohol." Saul Young/News Sentinel

Kris Tatum, partner owner of Old Forge Distillery, left, and head distiller Keener Shanton discuss their work in the production of hand sanitizer on Thursday, April 9, 2020. "It's a lot easier to make hand sanitizer than it is whiskey," said Tatum. Old Forge Distillery collaborated with other local distillers like Sugarlands and Old Tennessee and have produced close to 6000 gallons of hand sanitizer.
Saul Young/News Sentinel

Old Forge sells their hand sanitizer at their store in Pigeon Forge. Customers are allowed to purchase up to a case of hand sanitizer. Larger orders are vetted to deter resellers. Saul Young/News Sentinel

Ken Delaney, general manager of Cru Bistro & Wine, tapes a sign saying “This too shall pass” on a window with help from Avery Hicks, general manager of the Embassy Suites in West Knoxville, at the Embassy Suites on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Thursday, April 9, 2020. The hotel and partner locations will be hosting a drive-thru food box event for laid off employees of downtown hotels, restaurants and bars on Friday, April 10, 2020. Embassy Suite and Sysco employees, as well as volunteers from different downtown businesses, spent Thursday sorting and boxing food for the event. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Sysco’s Sam Knaffl, bottom center, carries a box of food through the lobby of the Embassy Suites on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Thursday, April 9, 2020. The hotel and partner locations will be hosting a drive-thru food box event for laid off employees of downtown hotels, restaurants and bars on Friday, April 10, 2020. Embassy Suite and Sysco employees, as well as volunteers from different downtown businesses, spent Thursday sorting and boxing food for the event. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Natalie Branham, Director of Sales at the downtown Knoxville Hyatt, puts salad dressing containers in bags in the lobby of the Embassy Suites on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Thursday, April 9, 2020. The hotel and partner locations will be hosting a drive-thru food box event for laid off employees of downtown hotels, restaurants and bars on Friday, April 10, 2020. Embassy Suite and Sysco employees, as well as volunteers from different downtown businesses, spent Thursday sorting and boxing food for the event. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Ayden Patel and Ava Patel help bag pizza rolls in the lobby of the Embassy Suites on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Thursday, April 9, 2020. The hotel and partner locations will be hosting a drive-thru food box event for laid off employees of downtown hotels, restaurants and bars on Friday, April 10, 2020. Embassy Suite and Sysco employees, as well as volunteers from different downtown businesses, spent Thursday sorting and boxing food for the event. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Boxes of food fill the lobby of the Embassy Suites on Gay St. in downtown Knoxville on Thursday, April 9, 2020. The hotel and partner locations will be hosting a drive-thru food box event for laid off employees of downtown hotels, restaurants and bars on Friday, April 10, 2020. Embassy Suite and Sysco employees, as well as volunteers from different downtown businesses, spent Thursday sorting and boxing food for the event. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Kids walk to a Walmart store with face masks on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 on the Norris Freeway in Knoxville, TN. The CDC suggested on Friday, April 3, 2020 that when going out, citizens should wear cloth masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus in addition to social distancing. Caitlyn Jordan/News Sentinel

Nine-year-old Elia Scott waves in surprise from her driveway as friends and family drive past her family’s home honking their horns, waving and wishing her a happy birthday from their cars in Knoxville’s Island Home neighborhood on Monday, April 6, 2020. Elia had her entire ninth birthday party planned out before the coronavirus forced the cancellation of the party. Her mother, Jessica Scott, wanted to find a special way to celebrate Elia’s birthday while still social distancing and decided to invite friends and family to drive by and have a surprise birthday “car-honking parade” for Elia. On Monday afternoon—Elia’s birthday—Scott had her daughter come out to the front yard to take birthday photos, and Elia was then surprised by the steady parade of cars honking and wishing her happy birthday. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Nine-year-old Elia Scott sits in her driveway as friends and family drive past her family’s home honking their horns, waving and wishing her a happy birthday from their cars in Knoxville’s Island Home neighborhood on Monday, April 6, 2020. Elia had her entire ninth birthday party planned out before the coronavirus forced the cancellation of the party. Her mother, Jessica Scott, wanted to find a special way to celebrate Elia’s birthday while still social distancing and decided to invite friends and family to drive by and have a surprise birthday “car-honking parade” for Elia. On Monday afternoon—Elia’s birthday—Scott had her daughter come out to the front yard to take birthday photos, and Elia was then surprised by the steady parade of cars honking and wishing her happy birthday. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Nine-year-old Elia Scott uses a birthday party horn while sitting in her driveway as friends and family drive past her family’s home honking their horns, waving and wishing her a happy birthday from their cars in Knoxville’s Island Home neighborhood on Monday, April 6, 2020. Elia had her entire ninth birthday party planned out before the coronavirus forced the cancellation of the party. Her mother, Jessica Scott, wanted to find a special way to celebrate Elia’s birthday while still social distancing and decided to invite friends and family to drive by and have a surprise birthday “car-honking parade” for Elia. On Monday afternoon—Elia’s birthday—Scott had her daughter come out to the front yard to take birthday photos, and Elia was then surprised by the steady parade of cars honking and wishing her happy birthday. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Francesca Butler, 6, hugs her brother Felix during a break from home school Monday, April 6, 2020. The two usually attend Montessori school but are learning from home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Saul Young/News Sentinel

The Pigeon Forge Fire Department is shown with ponchos donated from Dollywood’s safety team in April 2020. Dollywood provided 200 souvenir ponchos to the Sevier County Emergency Management Agency, Pigeon Forge Fire Department and the Sevier County Ambulance Service after hearing they were in need of gowns that typically are used to protect first responders while performing live-saving measures. Submitted by Dollywood

Dollywood stage manager Addie Counts makes a mask in her home in April 2020. Dollywood's wardrobe and costume shop teams began producing reusable face masks to give to patients, nurses and doctors at East Tennessee Children's Hospital. The two teams produced 850 masks in two days. Submitted by Dollywood

Dollywood's wardrobe and costume shop teams began producing reusable face masks to give to patients, nurses and doctors at East Tennessee Children's Hospital. The two teams produced 850 masks in two days in April 2020. Submitted by Dollywood

A chalk message for students and their families at Cedar Bluff Elementary in West Knoxville on Monday, April 6, 2020. School staff spent the morning handing out Knox County Schools’ distance learning packets as well as food to area families. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Cedar Bluff Elementary staff wave hello to families as they hand out Knox County Schools’ distance learning packets and food at the school in West Knoxville on Monday, April 6, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Brandon LaRose loads a car with a box of food at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Lines of cars snake through the parking lot at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Workers load cars with a box of food at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Workers load cars with a box of food at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Workers check in vehicles at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

An Easter Bunny waves to arriving families and their children at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Workers load cars with a box of food at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Workers check in vehicles at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Lines of cars snake through the parking lot at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Brandon LaRose loads a car with a box of food at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Lines of cars snake through the parking lot at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Workers load cars with a box of food at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Greg LaRose loads up a car with food at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Boxes of food sit in a truck at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Workers check in vehicles at a drive-thru food distribution at Cherokee Health Systems on Western Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Held by Second Harvest, Cherokee Health and UT, the drive-thru provided one box of nutritionally responsible food for each valid Knox County address given. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Doug Sherrod, right, with the City of Knoxville's Office of Community Development, sorts donated PPE at the Jacob Building at Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park on Friday, April 3, 2020. The Personal Protective Equipment Collection Drive kicked off on Friday and will held at the Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donated PPE will be distributed to first responders in Knoxville and Knox County. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

A COVID-19 Testing sign pointing to a drive-through testing site at Zoo Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, April 3, 2020. KCHD has partnered with Kroger Health and the City of Knoxville to facilitate the drive-thru testing opportunity for qualifying individuals in Knox County. The two-day event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Emma Parks soaks up some sun while reading a book in the front lawn of her Deaderick Ave. home in Knoxville, Tennessee on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Mayor Kincannon passed a stronger Safer at Home order Monday urging residents to spend as much time at home as possible and continue practicing social distancing. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Medical professionals administer a coronavirus test at a drive-through testing site at Zoo Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, April 3, 2020. KCHD has partnered with Kroger Health and the City of Knoxville to facilitate the drive-thru testing opportunity for qualifying individuals in Knox County. The two-day event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Kyndra Brewer, left, with the City of Knoxville's Office of Special Events, takes a social distancing-selfie with fellow City of Knoxville employees while working at a drive-thru donation spot at the Jacob Building in Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park on Friday, April 3, 2020. The Personal Protective Equipment Collection Drive kicked off on Friday and will held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donated PPE will be distributed to first responders in Knoxville and Knox County. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

A donated box of disposable face masks is sanitized at the Jacob Building at Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park on Friday, April 3, 2020. The Personal Protective Equipment Collection Drive kicked off on Friday and will held at the Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donated PPE will be distributed to first responders in Knoxville and Knox County. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Kyndra Brewer with the City of Knoxville's Office of Special Events speaks to a car that pulled up to the drive-thru donation spot at the Jacob Building in Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park on Friday, April 3, 2020. The Personal Protective Equipment Collection Drive kicked off on Friday and will held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donated PPE will be distributed to first responders in Knoxville and Knox County. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

The drive-thru drop off area for the Personal Protective Equipment Drive held at the Jacob Building at Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park on Friday, April 3, 2020. The PPE Collection Drive kicked off on Friday and will held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donated PPE will be distributed to first responders in Knoxville and Knox County. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Medical professionals administer a coronavirus test at a drive-through testing site at Zoo Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, April 3, 2020. KCHD has partnered with Kroger Health and the City of Knoxville to facilitate the drive-thru testing opportunity for qualifying individuals in Knox County. The two-day event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

James Kirby, Senior Director of Kroger Health, gives a media interview outside of a drive-through coronavirus testing site at Zoo Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, April 3, 2020. KCHD has partnered with Kroger Health and the City of Knoxville to facilitate the drive-thru testing opportunity for qualifying individuals in Knox County. The two-day event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

The check in station at a drive-through coronavirus testing site at Zoo Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, April 3, 2020. KCHD has partnered with Kroger Health and the City of Knoxville to facilitate the drive-thru testing opportunity for qualifying individuals in Knox County. The two-day event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Medical professionals administer a coronavirus test at a drive-through testing site at Zoo Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, April 3, 2020. KCHD has partnered with Kroger Health and the City of Knoxville to facilitate the drive-thru testing opportunity for qualifying individuals in Knox County. The two-day event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Kroger Health Senior Director of Clinical Services James Kirby gives a media interview outside of a drive-through coronavirus testing site at Zoo Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, April 3, 2020. KCHD has partnered with Kroger Health and the City of Knoxville to facilitate the drive-thru testing opportunity for qualifying individuals in Knox County. The two-day event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

A medical professional administers a coronavirus test at a drive-through testing site at Zoo Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, April 3, 2020. KCHD has partnered with Kroger Health and the City of Knoxville to facilitate the drive-thru testing opportunity for qualifying individuals in Knox County. The two-day event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Medical professionals administer a coronavirus test at a drive-through testing site at Zoo Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, April 3, 2020. KCHD has partnered with Kroger Health and the City of Knoxville to facilitate the drive-thru testing opportunity for qualifying individuals in Knox County. The two-day event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Donated PPE waits to be sanitized and sorted at the Jacob Building at Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park on Friday, April 3, 2020. The Personal Protective Equipment Collection Drive kicked off on Friday and will held at the Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donated PPE will be distributed to first responders in Knoxville and Knox County. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

A woman slides face masks she wanted to donate across a table at the drive-thru donation spot at the Jacob Building at Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park on Friday, April 3, 2020. The Personal Protective Equipment Collection Drive kicked off on Friday and will held at the Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donated PPE will be distributed to first responders in Knoxville and Knox County. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Kyndra Brewer with the City of Knoxville's Office of Special Events collects PPE from a donor at a drive-thru donation spot at the Jacob Building in Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park on Friday, April 3, 2020. The Personal Protective Equipment Collection Drive kicked off on Friday and will held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donated PPE will be distributed to first responders in Knoxville and Knox County. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Elaine Frank, right, with the City of Knoxville's Office of Special Events, sanitizes then sorts donated masks at the Jacob Building at Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park on Friday, April 3, 2020. The Personal Protective Equipment Collection Drive kicked off on Friday and will held at the Jacob Building at Chilhowee Park on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donated PPE will be distributed to first responders in Knoxville and Knox County. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Kyndra Brewer, right, with the City of Knoxville's Office of Special Events, collects masks from someone wishing to donate PPE at a drive-thru donation spot at the Jacob Building in Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park on Friday, April 3, 2020. The Personal Protective Equipment Collection Drive kicked off on Friday and will held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donated PPE will be distributed to first responders in Knoxville and Knox County. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Kyndra Brewer with the City of Knoxville's Office of Special Events collects donate PPE at a drive-thru donation spot at the Jacob Building in Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park on Friday, April 3, 2020. The Personal Protective Equipment Collection Drive kicked off on Friday and will held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donated PPE will be distributed to first responders in Knoxville and Knox County. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

City of Knoxville's Office of Special Events employees Kyndra Brewer, left, and Elaine Frank, right, sanitize donated PPE at a drive-thru donation spot at the Jacob Building in Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park on Friday, April 3, 2020. The Personal Protective Equipment Collection Drive kicked off on Friday and will held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donated PPE will be distributed to first responders in Knoxville and Knox County. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Kyndra Brewer with the City of Knoxville's Office of Special Events collects donated PPE at a drive-thru donation spot at the Jacob Building in Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park on Friday, April 3, 2020. The Personal Protective Equipment Collection Drive kicked off on Friday and will held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donated PPE will be distributed to first responders in Knoxville and Knox County. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Desun Bowen stops to chat with neighbors Melanie Lewis and Emma Parks about his favorite music album, "The Return of the Space Cowboy," by Jamiroquai, along Deaderick Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Mayor Kincannon passed a stronger Safer at Home order Monday urging residents to spend as much time at home as possible and continue practicing social distancing. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Kroger Health Senior Director of Clinical Services James Kirby gives a media interview outside of a drive-through coronavirus testing site at Zoo Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, April 3, 2020. KCHD has partnered with Kroger Health and the City of Knoxville to facilitate the drive-thru testing opportunity for qualifying individuals in Knox County. The two-day event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Medical professionals administer a coronavirus test at a drive-through testing site at Zoo Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, April 3, 2020. KCHD has partnered with Kroger Health and the City of Knoxville to facilitate the drive-thru testing opportunity for qualifying individuals in Knox County. The two-day event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

A park goer wears a facial mask while walking on a park path on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at the West Hills park in West Knoxville, TN. On Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 and Wednesday, April 1st, 2020, Parks and Recreation employees roped off playgrounds in city parks in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. Caitlyn Jordan/News Sentinel

Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon, left, speaks about the upcoming PPE drives as Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, right, listens during a press conference held outside of the City-County Building in downtown Knoxville on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

A roped off jungle gym on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at the West Hills park in West Knoxville, TN. On Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 and Wednesday, April 1st, 2020, Parks and Recreation employees roped off playgrounds in city parks in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. Caitlyn Jordan/News Sentinel

A Knoxville Parks & Recreation sign in front of a jungle gym, part of a city wide Safer at Home initiative, on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at the West Hills park in West Knoxville, TN. On Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 and Wednesday, April 1st, 2020, Parks and Recreation employees roped off playgrounds in city parks in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. Caitlyn Jordan/News Sentinel

Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon, center, speaks about the upcoming PPE drives during a press conference held outside of the City-County Building in downtown Knoxville on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Caution tape surrounds a swing set on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at the West Hills park in West Knoxville, TN. On Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 and Wednesday, April 1st, 2020, Parks and Recreation employees roped off playgrounds in city parks in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. Caitlyn Jordan/News Sentinel

Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon, right, speaks about the upcoming PPE drives during a press conference held outside of the City-County Building in downtown Knoxville on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, left, speaks about the upcoming PPE drives as Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon, right, listens during a press conference held outside of the City-County Building in downtown Knoxville on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Austin Timko practices juggling on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at the West Hills park in West Knoxville, TN. On Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 and Wednesday, April 1st, 2020, Parks and Recreation employees roped off playgrounds in city parks in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. Caitlyn Jordan/News Sentinel

"Take a moment to give a hug or a pat on the backon Thursday, April 2, 2020 at the West Hills park in West Knoxville, TN. On Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 and Wednesday, April 1st, 2020, Parks and Recreation employees roped off playgrounds in city parks in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. Caitlyn Jordan/News Sentinel

A park goer lays in the grass with their dog on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at the West Hills park in West Knoxville, TN. On Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 and Wednesday, April 1st, 2020, Parks and Recreation employees roped off playgrounds in city parks in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. Caitlyn Jordan/News Sentinel

A biker rides on a park path on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at the West Hills park in West Knoxville, TN. On Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 and Wednesday, April 1st, 2020, Parks and Recreation employees roped off playgrounds in city parks in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. Caitlyn Jordan/News Sentinel

A park goer walks alone on a dirt park path on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at the West Hills park in West Knoxville, TN. On Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 and Wednesday, April 1st, 2020, Parks and Recreation employees roped off playgrounds in city parks in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. Caitlyn Jordan/News Sentinel

Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon, center in red, speaks to the media during a social distanced press conference outside of the City-County Building in downtown Knoxville on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Marble City Ale House had their grand opening Feb. 29 on Jack Dance Street off Kingston Pike, as seen Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The bar has had to modify their business because of coronavirus restrictions. Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel

A sign is seen outside Marble City Ale House, which had it’s grand opening Feb. 29 on Jack Dance Street off Kingston Pike, as seen Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The bar has had to modify their business because of coronavirus restrictions. Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel

Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon speaks to the media while social distancing from Knoxville Chief of Police Eve Thomas, Knoxville Fire Chief Stan Sharp and Stephanie Welch during a press conference outside of the City-County Building in downtown Knoxville on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Owners Glenn Cate and wife Karen, pose for a photo in an empty Marble City Ale House, which had it’s grand opening Feb. 29, on Jack Dance Street off Kingston Pike, as seen Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The bar has had to modify their business because of coronavirus restrictions. Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel

Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon speaks to the media while social distancing from, at left, Volunteer Ministry CEO Bruce Spangler, Knoxville Chief of Police Eve Thomas, Knoxville Fire Chief Stan Sharp and Stephanie Welch, Chief Economic and Community Development Officer for the city, during a press conference outside of the City-County Building in downtown Knoxville on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Knoxville Parks & Recreation Deputy Director Aaron Browning puts up caution tape on a playground at Malcolm-Martin Park part of a city wide Safer at Home order in Knoxville, Tennessee on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon issued a stronger Safer at Home order last night adding the "ability to take corrective action" against those violating the rules in order to battle the coronavirus. The order goes into effect Wednesday and lasts through April 6. It can be modified, rescinded or extended as needed. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Caution tape around a playground at Malcolm-Martin Park is put up to deter children from playing on it, part of a city wide Safer at Home order in Knoxville, Tennessee on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon issued a stronger Safer at Home order last night adding the "ability to take corrective action" against those violating the rules in order to battle the coronavirus. The order goes into effect Wednesday and lasts through April 6. It can be modified, rescinded or extended as needed. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Caution tape around a playground at Malcolm-Martin Park is put up to deter children from playing on it, part of a city wide Safer at Home order in Knoxville, Tennessee on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon issued a stronger Safer at Home order last night adding the "ability to take corrective action" against those violating the rules in order to battle the coronavirus. The order goes into effect Wednesday and lasts through April 6. It can be modified, rescinded or extended as needed. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knoxville Parks & Recreation Director Sheryl Ely puts up caution tape around a playground at Malcolm-Martin Park to deter children from playing on it, part of a city wide Safer at Home order in Knoxville, Tennessee on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon issued a stronger Safer at Home order last night adding the "ability to take corrective action" against those violating the rules in order to battle the coronavirus. The order goes into effect Wednesday and lasts through April 6. It can be modified, rescinded or extended as needed. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knoxville Parks & Recreation Director Sheryl Ely puts up caution tape around a playground at Malcolm-Martin Park to deter children from playing on it, part of a citywide Safer at Home order in Knoxville, Tennessee on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon issued a stronger Safer at Home order last night, adding the "ability to take corrective action" against those violating the rules to battle the coronavirus. The order goes into effect Wednesday and lasts through April 6. It can be modified, rescinded or extended as needed. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knoxville Parks & Recreation Deputy Director Aaron Browning puts up a sign beside closing a playground at Malcolm-Martin Park part of a city wide Safer at Home order in Knoxville, Tennessee on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon issued a stronger Safer at Home order last night adding the "ability to take corrective action" against those violating the rules in order to battle the coronavirus. The order goes into effect Wednesday and lasts through April 6. It can be modified, rescinded or extended as needed. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knoxville Parks & Recreation Director Sheryl Ely and Deputy Director Aaron Browning put up caution tape around a playground at Malcolm-Martin Park to deter children from playing on it, part of a city wide Safer at Home order in Knoxville, Tennessee on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon issued a stronger Safer at Home order last night adding the "ability to take corrective action" against those violating the rules in order to battle the coronavirus. The order goes into effect Wednesday and lasts through April 6. It can be modified, rescinded or extended as needed. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

A chalk message for students and their families at Cedar Bluff Elementary in West Knoxville on Monday, April 6, 2020. School staff spent the morning handing out Knox County Schools’ distance learning packets as well as food to area families. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Cedar Bluff Elementary staff wave hello to families as they hand out Knox County Schools’ distance learning packets and food at the school in West Knoxville on Monday, April 6, 2020. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Austin-East High faculty and staff distribute meals to students in front of the high school on Monday, March 23, 2020. Knox County Schools is providing any child under the age of 18 free breakfast and lunch at 25 different sites across the county while schools are closed due to coronavirus concerns. Meals will be available through a drive-thru or walk-up service and will occur on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Two days worth of food will be provided on Mondays and Wednesdays, and one day of food will be provided on Fridays, and children must be present to receive the meals. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Lonsdale Elementary faculty and staff smile as they welcome students and their families during a meal distribution in front of the elementary school on Monday, March 23, 2020. Knox County Schools is providing any child under the age of 18 free breakfast and lunch at 25 different sites across the county while schools are closed due to coronavirus concerns. Meals will be available through a drive-thru or walk-up service and will occur on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Two days worth of food will be provided on Mondays and Wednesdays, and one day of food will be provided on Fridays, and children must be present to receive the meals. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Austin-East High faculty and staff distribute meals to students in front of the high school on Monday, March 23, 2020. Knox County Schools is providing any child under the age of 18 free breakfast and lunch at 25 different sites across the county while schools are closed due to coronavirus concerns. Meals will be available through a drive-thru or walk-up service and will occur on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Two days worth of food will be provided on Mondays and Wednesdays, and one day of food will be provided on Fridays, and children must be present to receive the meals. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Lonsdale Elementary faculty and staff welcome students and their families as they distribute meals in front of the elementary school on Monday, March 23, 2020. Knox County Schools is providing any child under the age of 18 free breakfast and lunch at 25 different sites across the county while schools are closed due to coronavirus concerns. Meals will be available through a drive-thru or walk-up service and will occur on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Two days worth of food will be provided on Mondays and Wednesdays, and one day of food will be provided on Fridays, and children must be present to receive the meals. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Lonsdale Elementary faculty and staff smile and wave to students and their families as meals are distributed in front of the elementary school on Monday, March 23, 2020. Knox County Schools is providing any child under the age of 18 free breakfast and lunch at 25 different sites across the county while schools are closed due to coronavirus concerns. Meals will be available through a drive-thru or walk-up service and will occur on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Two days worth of food will be provided on Mondays and Wednesdays, and one day of food will be provided on Fridays, and children must be present to receive the meals. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Austin-East High faculty and staff distribute meals to students in front of the high school on Monday, March 23, 2020. Knox County Schools is providing any child under the age of 18 free breakfast and lunch at 25 different sites across the county while schools are closed due to coronavirus concerns. Meals will be available through a drive-thru or walk-up service and will occur on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Two days worth of food will be provided on Mondays and Wednesdays, and one day of food will be provided on Fridays, and children must be present to receive the meals. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Lonsdale Elementary faculty and staff distribute meals to students in front of the elementary school on Monday, March 23, 2020. Knox County Schools is providing any child under the age of 18 free breakfast and lunch at 25 different sites across the county while schools are closed due to coronavirus concerns. Meals will be available through a drive-thru or walk-up service and will occur on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Two days worth of food will be provided on Mondays and Wednesdays, and one day of food will be provided on Fridays, and children must be present to receive the meals. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Austin-East High faculty and staff distribute meals to students in front of the high school on Monday, March 23, 2020. Knox County Schools is providing any child under the age of 18 free breakfast and lunch at 25 different sites across the county while schools are closed due to coronavirus concerns. Meals will be available through a drive-thru or walk-up service and will occur on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Two days worth of food will be provided on Mondays and Wednesdays, and one day of food will be provided on Fridays, and children must be present to receive the meals. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Lonsdale Elementary faculty and staff distribute meals in front of the elementary school on Monday, March 23, 2020. Knox County Schools is providing any child under the age of 18 free breakfast and lunch at 25 different sites across the county while schools are closed due to coronavirus concerns. Meals will be available through a drive-thru or walk-up service and will occur on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Two days worth of food will be provided on Mondays and Wednesdays, and one day of food will be provided on Fridays, and children must be present to receive the meals. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Austin-East High faculty and staff distribute meals to students in front of the high school on Monday, March 23, 2020. Knox County Schools is providing any child under the age of 18 free breakfast and lunch at 25 different sites across the county while schools are closed due to coronavirus concerns. Meals will be available through a drive-thru or walk-up service and will occur on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Two days worth of food will be provided on Mondays and Wednesdays, and one day of food will be provided on Fridays, and children must be present to receive the meals. Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools employees distribute meals at Lonsdale Elementary on Monday, March 23, 2020. Drive-thru and walk-up distribution is available at select schools to any child 18 and under at no charge while schools are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Submitted by Knox County Schools

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes a classroom with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Richard Frazier sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Custodian Herman Drew sweeps a hallway at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

A sanitized classroom at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Richard Frazier sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools Custodial Foreman Ken Spencer wipes down a cafeteria window at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes a classroom with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its 93 schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Glenda McClain, a custodian at Brickey-McCloud Elementary for 35 years, sanitizes the schools library in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes a classroom with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its 93 schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its 93 schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

A worker sanitizes the front entrance to at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

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Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools Custodial Foreman Ken Spencer wipes down a cafeteria window at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

A sanitized classroom at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Glenda McClain, a custodian at Brickey-McCloud Elementary for 35 years, sanitizes the schools library in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Custodian Herman Drew sweeps a hallway at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Richard Frazier sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

A worker sanitizes the front entrance to at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Richard Frazier sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes a classroom with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes a classroom with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Richard Frazier sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Glenda McClain, a custodian at Brickey-McCloud Elementary for 35 years, sanitizes the schools library in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes the cafeteria with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Knox County Schools worker Lonnie Johnson sanitizes a classroom with an electrostatic sprayer at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

A sanitized classroom at Brickey-McCloud Elementary in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, March 13, 2020. Knox County Schools, after closing due to coronavirus concerns, is disinfecting all of its schools using different cleaning methods such as traditional wiping-down surfaces to using modern electrostatic sprayers. Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel

Families and staff are encouraged to wear cloth face coverings and practice social distancing when at a meal distribution site, following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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